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Lyra (Lyre, Lyr)
subject			fact

Lyra	is a part of celestial sphere
	has genitive Lyrae
	has boundary
	has synonym Lyre
	has historical origin invented by Hermes as a gift to his half-brother Apollo, who gave it to Orpheus, the musician of the Argonauts
	has acronym Lyr
	is an instance of constellation
constellation	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value